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MFIs must reduce their operational costs: Sinha

Expectations of New Securitisation Guidelines, to be published

Reserve Bank of India is due to formalize the much awaited securitization guidelines in this week. The first draft of the guidelines was published in mid 2010 and the next revised draft was released in September, 2011. It has taken RBI good two years to finalise the guidelines keeping the markets on tenterhooks.

RBI gives breather to ailing MFIs: Deferral of Asset Classification and Provisioning Norms

RBI had been mulling over need for regulations with regard to micro-finance activities of NBFCs and on several occasions had mentioned the need for a separate category of NBFCs that cater to the microfinance sector.

RBI, CMF to host ‘Microfinance: Translating Research into Practice’ Conference

RBI asks Banks to acknowledge loan applications of MSMEs

RBI concerned over high dependency of NBFCs on Banks for funding

RBI revises Capital Adequacy Framework for NBFCs’ off-balance sheet items

RBI raises ECB limit to $10 million for microfinance institutions

RBI asks Banks to cover one lakh SHGs by 2012

RBI against State Govt regulating microfinance institutions